On at the moment’s episode of the 5 Issues podcast: Election Day in America
We’ve got you coated from Virginia to New Jersey, and extra. Plus, Supreme Court docket correspondent John Fritze breaks down the Supreme Court docket’s early feedback on the Texas abortion legislation, well being reporter Elizabeth Weise talks in regards to the final hurdle to clear earlier than children aged 5-11 start receiving COVID-19 vaccines, world leaders wrestle to persuade the general public their phrases imply motion on the COP26 local weather summit and residents in Minneapolis will resolve whether or not to erase their police division from the town’s constitution.
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Taylor Wilson:
Good morning, I am Taylor Wilson and that is 5 Issues it is advisable know, Tuesday, the 2nd of November 2021. Right this moment, Election Day in America plus the Supreme Court docket’s early takes on Texas abortion legislation challenges, and extra. Listed here are among the prime headlines.
- A jury was chosen in only a single day yesterday for the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. He is charged with killing two individuals and injuring a 3rd throughout protests final yr after the police capturing of Jacob Blake.
- Right this moment is the final of Day of the Lifeless celebrations throughout Mexico. The vacation pays respect to family and friends members who’ve died.
- And tonight is Sport 6 of the World Collection. The Atlanta Braves are on prime of the Houston Astros, three video games to 2, and will win all of it tonight, whereas the Astros will attempt to keep alive and power a Sport 7.
It is Election Day in America. Voters will head to the polls in native and state elections in some components of the nation. That features the governor’s race in Virginia. Democrat Terry McAuliffe goes up towards Republican Glenn Youngkin and the election might set the blueprint for nationwide midterms subsequent yr. Virginia is an more and more purple state with increasingly more Democrat wins over the previous decade, together with McAuliffe himself in 2013, however the present contest is simply too near name in keeping with latest polls. The RealClearPolitics web site common of polls provides Youngkin a slight lead, although nonetheless throughout the margins of error. McAuliffe mentioned final month that he was not stunned the race was shut, whereas additionally mentioning a well-known identify.
Terry McAuliffe:
The concept that that is shut mustn’t shock anyone. This isn’t a presidential yr turnout with billions and billions of {dollars} spent promoting and get out the vote operations so I am making an attempt to interact voters to end up. I am making an attempt to clarify to them that Trump, that is as massive because it’s ever been for Trump. I obtained a candidate who’s been endorsed by Trump 5 instances. He, quote, has mentioned, “A lot of the rationale why I am operating is due to Donald Trump.” He really mentioned that and so he is introduced Trump into this race. Glenn Youngkin will ban abortions right here in Virginia. He is made it very clear. That is not hypothetical. So I inform Democrats, Donald Trump, determined for a win right here, if Glenn Youngkin wins it is a win for Donald Trump and you are going to start his political comeback.
Taylor Wilson:
At his final rally earlier than Election Day Glenn Youngkin additionally put the Virginia race in a nationwide context.
Glenn Youngkin:
Have you learnt what’s at stake? We do, the way forward for this commonwealth. The way forward for this nation goes to be determined tomorrow. Our nation’s historical past is our commonwealth’s historical past and our nation’s future goes to be decided by the current. How we vote tomorrow will make such an announcement, such an announcement for households round this nice nation to have hope, to acknowledge that, sure, the values that we maintain expensive, the values that underpin this nation are nonetheless alive and nicely and we will put them into motion tomorrow.
Taylor Wilson:
However Virginia isn’t the one place with main elections. New Jersey will select a governor with incumbent Democrat Phil Murphy main Republican Jack Ciattarelli in polls. In New York Metropolis, Democrat Eric Adams is broadly anticipated to beat out Republican Curtis Sliwa for mayor and Atlanta will select a brand new mayor with an enormous chunk of voters nonetheless undecided amongst a big group of candidates, in keeping with latest polling. You’ll be able to try different races to control at usatoday.com/politics, or by clicking a hyperlink in at the moment’s episode description.
Taylor Wilson:
The Supreme Court docket heard oral arguments yesterday in two circumstances difficult the restrictive and controversial Texas abortion legislation that included one lawsuit from the Biden administration. Supreme Court docket Correspondent, John Fritze, has the newest from Washington.
John Fritze:
It was an enchanting argument. It went for 3 hours. It was a really vigorous argument, maybe the very best profile argument the court docket has had to this point this time period. Time period started in October. I believe what was fairly clear to me is that you have three justices, what we frequently confer with because the liberals – Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan – who’re going to be, it seems to me based mostly on within the questioning, towards Texas and in favor of making an attempt to place this legislation on maintain. And you have three justices, I believe you possibly can argue, probably the most conservative on the court docket – Alito, Thomas and Gorsuch – who’re going to be for Texas and really strongly raised these questions on jurisdiction and the events. Are they the right events? Can the US convey a lawsuit?
Then you definitely’ve obtained the three, for lack of a greater time period, within the center and it is Kavanaugh, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett. And I assumed Justice Kavanaugh, specifically, a variety of his questions Monday had been coping with the influence of this. And what the conservatives are actually fearful about is the way in which this legislation was structured, it impacting different rights. However, mainly, what Texas has achieved right here is claimed, “Effectively, look, we’re not going to implement this ban on abortions, we will let personal residents do it.” And the priority for conservatives is that, nicely, if you are able to do that for abortion, then you are able to do it for weapons. You’ll be able to say, “Look, I do know there is a Second Modification proper to have a gun however we will cross a legislation that claims any citizen can sue any person who sells another person a gun. We’ll allow them to sue that gun store for one million {dollars} for every gun. So we’re not violating any constitutional rules, proper? We’ll let this type of work its approach out in court docket.”
So I believe one of many issues that basically got here up on Monday was that line of argument. In the event you permit Texas to do that, to type of subvert the traditional course of, which is what they’re doing, what occurs if blue states begin doing it in different areas of the legislation? And I believe that is an argument that basically resonated with a minimum of Kavanaugh, perhaps Barrett, perhaps Roberts, among the conservatives.
Taylor Wilson:
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Effectively, there’s one final hurdle earlier than the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine turns into obtainable for youthful kids. A CDC panel will meet at the moment to make extra detailed suggestions on whether or not children aged 5 to 11 ought to get vaccinated towards COVID-19 with a closing determination by the company’s director anticipated shortly after. Well being Reporter Elizabeth Weise has extra.
Elizabeth Weise:
It’s a lengthy and complicated course of for vaccine photographs to truly get in arms, which is sweet, it is what we wish. However, it goes by way of a number of gatekeepers. So final week we had the FDA Exterior Advisory Panel, which met the VRBPAC. It met, it requested a ton of questions, spent eight hours grilling scientists and folks from Pfizer. All that info goes to the FDA. After which, on Friday, the FDA mentioned, “Sure, we’re going to problem an Emergency Use Authorization for the Pfizer vaccine for five to 11 yr olds.” In order that’s good.
That does not imply the photographs come out as a result of now what occurs, on Tuesday, is the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention’s personal outdoors committee, which is named the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which is 15 people who find themselves very, very educated about vaccines, they spend an entire day assembly and listening to info, asking questions and on the very finish they vote to say, “Sure, we suggest this,” or, “No, we do not.”
That info goes to the top of the CDC, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, after which she is going to make the final word determination whether or not or to not say, “Sure, these vaccines ought to exit to kids.” She’s going to log out. There might be some piece of paper she bodily indicators and, with that motion, it turns into authorized to provide the vaccines to children. We’re anticipating, given what CDC has achieved previously round this vaccine, it is prone to occur Tuesday evening which implies precise children getting photographs will very probably start Wednesday morning.
Taylor Wilson:
As at all times, you may keep up on all issues COVID-19 by visiting our dwell COVID updates web page on usatoday.com.
World leaders arrived yesterday in Scotland for the COP26 United Nations local weather summit. It is the newest gathering of leaders to deal with a warming planet. At the same time as many international locations, together with the US, proceed to fall brief on emissions discount targets and wrestle with home local weather change laws. British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, welcomed these leaders to the UK.
Boris Johnson:
Welcome to Glasgow and to Scotland whose most globally well-known fictional son is sort of actually a person known as James Bond who typically involves the climax of his extremely profitable movies strapped to a doomsday system and we’re in roughly the identical place. My fellow international leaders, as James Bond at the moment, besides that the tragedy is this isn’t a film.
Taylor Wilson:
And President Joe Biden each pushed some blame to the Trump administration whereas additionally accepting a way of urgency for local weather motion.
Joe Biden:
I assume I should not apologize however I do apologize for the very fact the US’ final administration pulled out of the Paris Accords and put us type of behind the eight ball. Our assembly right here in Glasgow is not the top of the journey. Everyone knows, and I do know everyone knows this, and you recognize it as nicely or higher than I do, lots of you, it is actually only a beginning line to start to essentially take, for the primary time, actually decisive motion.
Taylor Wilson:
Based on Biden’s Nationwide Local weather Advisor, Gina McCarthy, the president’s concrete targets embrace decarbonizing the facility sector, electrifying transportation and buildings, reworking business, decreasing non-CO2 emissions and reinvigorating pure lands. He additionally desires the nation to achieve internet zero greenhouse fuel emissions by 2050. The Paris Local weather Settlement goals to restrict international warming to beneath two levels Celsius in comparison with pre-industrial ranges however latest science exhibits the world isn’t on monitor to take action. A UN report out final month discovered that even below present pledges, the planet would heat by 2.7 levels Celsius above pre-industrial ranges by the top of the century. Leaders, activists and scientists might be anticipated to current plans this week, and subsequent, to alter that course however the convention is already off to a rocky begin since China, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, didn’t ship chief Xi Jinping, and the identical goes for Russian President Vladimir Putin. In the meantime, President Biden’s journey comes as he struggles to cross new home local weather laws on Capitol Hill.
Residents in Minneapolis will resolve at the moment in the event that they’d wish to erase their police division from the town’s constitution. As an alternative, the town would create a brand new Division of Public Security centered on psychological well being, civilian wellbeing and social providers. The vote will probably be tight however is trending towards overhauling the police division. A ballot out final month confirmed 49% of probably registered voters supported the transfer to switch the division whereas 41% had been opposed. Minister JaNae’ Bates is a supporter of the policing measure.
JaNae’ Bates:
We permit for an precise actual public security system that places the wants of the town first and it permits the town to have a citywide accountability and clear measure with cops. The present mannequin of policing doesn’t work.
Taylor Wilson:
Whereas Bishop Richard D. Howell, Jr. is an opponent.
Bishop Richard D. Howell, Jr.:
We’d like a police chief. We’d like a police division. It is unlucky that it took George Floyd’s demise for this epiphany to be manifested presently, however nonetheless, you do not have to make it worse by taking away the police division.
Taylor Wilson:
If the policing query is authorized felony justice and political observers say it might sign momentum for comparable modifications across the nation. However, if it fails, nationwide police overhauls might lose a way of urgency. An analogous measure already collapsed on the federal degree earlier this yr. In Minneapolis, the police measure is named Query 2 and is one among three poll measures that may dramatically change authorities there. Query 1 would strip the mayor of some energy on metropolis issues. And the third measure would permit the council to enact lease management.
Taylor Wilson:
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